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city_n	day_n	great_a	town_n	4,664	4	6.2812	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14397	Newes from Vienna the 5. day of August. 1566. of the strong towne and castell of Tula in Hungary xi. myles beyond the riuer Danubius, which was cruelly assaulted by the great Turke, but nowe by Gods mighty working relieued, the sayd Turks marueilouslye discomfited and ouerthrowen. Translated out of hye Almaine into English, and printed in Augspurge by Hans Zimmerman.		1566 (1566)	STC 24716; ESTC S102092	2,289	8

¶ Newes from Vienna the .5 day of August .1566 of the strong Towne and Castell of Iula in Hungary xl myles beyond the riuer Danubius which was cruelly assaulted by the great Turke but nowe by Gods mighty working relieued the sayd Turke marueylouslye discomfited and ouerthrowen Translated out of hye Almaine into English and printed in Augspurge by Hans Zimmerman Imprinted at London by Iohn Awdeley dwelling in litle Britaine streete without Aldersgate The .21 of September 1566. ¶ Newes from Vienna the .5 day of August .1566 of the Turkes ouerthrow AFter that the Emperour of Turkie had besieged with an army of thirty thousand horsmē and footemen the famous town and strōg Castel of Iula in Hungary lying .xl. dutch myles beyōd the ryuer Danubius which City had by the space of .vj. weekes sustayned many greuous assaultes God through his great mercy and goodnes so comforted the sayd towne of Iula and the poore Christians therein at their earnest praiers that the Turke with all his host was driuen backe by the handes of the General called Keretshim Laslawe and hys valiant company Who not onelye defended the sayd Towne but also constrayned the cruell Turkes to retyre to their great shame and confusion with the slaughter of a great nomber of their Turkish rable For the which the euerliuyng God be praysed for euer The manner of their ouerthrow was thys As the foresayd Generall Keretshim did se his aduauntage wyth Captayne George and other horsmen of Schesians and Hungary he set vpon the arereward of the Turkes and kylled about .8 thousand of them and tooke also some of their artillery and followed them so fast that the Turkes were constrayned to flee into a marrish grounde and to breake the wheeles of the rest of their artillery to saue them selues which the Christians also tooke and haue rescued and taken besydes from the Turkes a great nomber of Christiā prisoners and th●rewyth a very rych bootye The like also hath done that valiant man Magotsrhie the Captayne of Erla the which making toward the Turkes did encounter with the Tertarians setting most valiantly vpon them and killed about eyght hundred of them A few dayes past the Earle of Serin did encounter with a Turkish Capitayne called Begen the which Capitaine then had with him a thousād fresh horsmen then comming out of Turkye to go to a towne called Fynffekyrchen Which Earle did set vpon them in the night and killed the Captain and tooke vjij Camels and .viii. Moyles laden wyth treasure and got also twoo read Gwydons wyth a whole great peece of rych cloth of gold and also a very fayre and straunge Iewel or token of the field This foresayd Earle dyd sende vnto the Emperours Maiesty to Vienna for a present the foresayd Captaynes horse the which was not one ●y a v●ry fayre one and good but also betrapped decked moste rychly For fyrst the poniel the back part of the saddel was couered ouer with plate of fine Arabick gold and the rest of the saddel besyde the sytting place was drest wyth syluer plate very fyre gilded which sitting place was couered with a fine purple veluet and the trappers bridle beset with litle Turkies and Rubies The Earle would very fayne haue saued the sayd Capitayne but the turkish Ianyssery defended them selues so manfully thinking to haue caryed away safelye their Capitaine that the said Earle with hys company was constrayned to kyll both them and their Captayne Also this valiant Earle of Serin hath got amongest other great prices from the Turkes .xv. thousand Turkish and Hūgarish Ducates which money was brought for the payment of the Turkishe men of warre which are in the towne called Fynffkyrchen Thus not onely this said Earle had got to himselfe rich and great prices but also hys Souldiours haue met with very rich prayes and spoyles And now to declare the Mahometical and turkish cruelty of these hellish Turks which they vse agaynst the Christians which cannot be declared without weeping and sorowfulnes of mynde is this in effect Where euer they ouercome the Christians and take them captiues they take the yong and lusty men tying them to their horses famishe them to death The old men and women they cut in peeces deflouring the maydens and young women very villanously The sely Infants and yong Babes lying in their cradels smyling vpon them they take out very cruelly and sticke them on long poles and so gore them to death without pitye or mercy and this very spitefully they do in the sight of the Infantes Parentes The residue of them which they keepe alyue being men they vse as be●ites for all kynde of drudgery and toyle more cruelly entreating them then their brute beastes To the women and children whych they keepe alyue they vse such Sodomish abhomination and tyranny as may not for shame be knowen nor wythout harty sorow be declared Wherefore it behoueth al Christian Princes and good Christians to wythstand thys cruel Turckish enemy to set to theyr helpyng handes such as can to helpe to resist hym with some power of warre and suche other good Christians as cannot helpe these our Christian brethrē so cruelly assaulted by this kinde of meanes yet at least to helpe them with their godly praiers For if thus he proceede forwarde to take the vpper land it wyl redound to the great plague and ruine of whole Christendome Wherefore that thus it may not come to pas let vs not cease to cal vpon our heauenly father for his mightye defence who so mercifully hath heard the praiers of his poore afflicted children And also geue him hartye thankes for this great ouerthrow of thys his Christes and our cruell enemy A Prayer thankesgeuyng for the defence of the Christians agaynst the cruel Turke O Eternal God and most mercyfull father we geue thee harty thanks for this thy mightye woorking in ouerthrowing that cursed and cruell Turke the enemy of thy deare sonne Christ Iesus and hys deare Christians and for relieuing his poore afflicted members in deliuering them from his and their bloody handes Wherefore deare father we beseche thee to continue in this thy merciful defending them and in ouerthrowing his tirannical power that they hereby may wel feele and know that ther is none other God besides thee thy sonne Iesus Christ our Sauiour Preserue O Lord those godlye Christian Princes which venter their liues against this thi enemy as namely the Emperours Maiesty with his two brethren and all hys whole nobility geuing them prosperous succes victorious conquest Graūt this O Father for thy deare sonnes sake Iesus Christ our Sauiour So be it